It is hard to guess what a Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat (Proechimys iheringi) on average weights 221 grams (0.49 lbs).
The Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat is from the family Echimyidae (genus: Proechimys). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 19.7 cm (0′ 8″). Usually, Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rats have 1 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Ihering’s Atlantic spiny-rat (Trinomys iheringi), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil, and was named in honor of Hermann von Ihering.
Animals of the same family as a Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat
We found other animals of the Echimyidae family:
- Drab Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 260 grams
- Fischer’s guiara with a weight of 188 grams
- Giant tree-rat with a weight of 584 grams
- Napo spiny rat with a weight of 284 grams
- Pallid Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 215 grams
- Owl’s spiny rat with a weight of 114 grams
- Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 220 grams
- Plain brush-tailed rat with a weight of 105 grams
- Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat with a weight of 312 grams
- Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat with a weight of 168 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Proechimys iheringi:
- Philippine forest rat bringing 253 grams to the scale
- Round-tailed muskrat bringing 265 grams to the scale
- Ashy chinchilla rat bringing 194 grams to the scale
- White-throated woodrat bringing 208 grams to the scale
- Salta tuco-tuco bringing 230 grams to the scale
- Pallid Atlantic tree-rat bringing 215 grams to the scale
- Tucuman tuco-tuco bringing 217 grams to the scale
- Western naked-backed fruit bat bringing 226 grams to the scale
- Brush-tailed phascogale bringing 193 grams to the scale
- Golden Atlantic tree-rat bringing 243 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat:
- Mindanao squirrel with a size of 21 cm (0′ 9″)
- Beaufort’s naked-backed fruit bat with a size of 16.1 cm (0′ 7″)
- Gray tree rat with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Malayan field rat with a size of 19 cm (0′ 8″)
- Common dwarf mongoose with a size of 20.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Plateau pika with a size of 17 cm (0′ 7″)
- Mariana fruit bat with a size of 21.7 cm (0′ 9″)
- Stoat with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel with a size of 22.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Northern flying squirrel with a size of 16.1 cm (0′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Ihering’s Atlantic spiny rat: